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Mega Millions tickets rise to $5, but the lottery promises more giant jackpots

Mega Millions tickets rise to $5, but the lottery promises more giant jackpots

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Mega Millions players will get slightly better odds and should start seeing more billion-dollar jackpots , but at a cost — literally — with tickets for the multistate lottery jumping in price to $5.
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About 44,000 Hydro One customers still without power in Ontario after ice storm

About 44,000 Hydro One customers still without power in Ontario after ice storm

About 44,000 homes and businesses in Ontario were still without power on Monday, more than a week after an ice storm caused severe damage in central and eastern parts of the province.
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Amber Ruffin, cut from White House correspondents dinner, will host PEN America gala

Amber Ruffin, cut from White House correspondents dinner, will host PEN America gala

NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Amber Ruffin has a new spring gig. PEN America told The Associated Press on Monday that Ruffin will host the free expression organization's gala fundraiser on May 15.
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Sorry not sorry: Restaurants revamp decor, menus to showcase Canadian ties

Sorry not sorry: Restaurants revamp decor, menus to showcase Canadian ties

TORONTO — When Grizzly Bar opens next week in Toronto, diners will have no doubt about where its owners’ allegiances lie in the trade war between Canada and the U.S. Maple leaves and animatronic bears will set the mood.
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King Charles III arrives in Rome on his first overseas trip since a brief hospitalization

King Charles III arrives in Rome on his first overseas trip since a brief hospitalization

ROME (AP) — King Charles III arrived in Rome on Monday for a state visit to Italy on his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalized for side effects of cancer treatment.
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Praise be, loyal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans: Propulsive final season promises a satisfying catharsis

Praise be, loyal ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ fans: Propulsive final season promises a satisfying catharsis

Not long ago Yvonne Strahovski, who plays beautiful, ruthless, deeply complicated Serena on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was forced to watch early scenes of her character’s cruelty.
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Signs of a more buyer-friendly housing market emerge for the spring homebuying season

Signs of a more buyer-friendly housing market emerge for the spring homebuying season

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This spring homebuying season is shaping up to be more favorable for home shoppers than it's been in recent years — as long as they can afford to buy. Home prices are rising more slowly.
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BoC reports show trade uncertainty takes toll on business and consumer confidence

BoC reports show trade uncertainty takes toll on business and consumer confidence

OTTAWA — A pair of reports from the Bank of Canada pointed to declining business and consumer sentiment in the first quarter and increased worries about a recession even before the latest round of tariffs announced by U.S.
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Parkland, activist investor Simpson Oil, nominate competing director slates

Parkland, activist investor Simpson Oil, nominate competing director slates

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. and its biggest shareholder have each proposed competing board slates as their dispute heats up ahead of the fuel refiner and retailer's annual general meeting next month. Simpson Oil Ltd.
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Canadian scientist wins Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in Ozempic, Mounjaro

Canadian scientist wins Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in Ozempic, Mounjaro

TORONTO — A Canadian researcher has won a 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discovering the GLP-1 hormone used in diabetes and obesity medications — including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro — that have changed the lives of millions of people
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